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President John F. Kennedy (center right) meets with members of the bipartisan National Committee on Health Care of the Aged in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Russell A. Nelson; President of the University of Oregon and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Arthur Larson of Duke University; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Dr. Russel V. Lee; and Chairman of the Board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., Winslow Carlton. Also listed in the President’s schedule are Dr. Howard L. Bost; Professor Henry Foster; and Executive Assistant to Senator Javits, Allen Lesser. The committee presented the President with a report on a national program for financing the health care of senior citizens.

President John F. Kennedy (center right) meets with members of the bipartisan National Committee on Health Care of the Aged in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Russell A. Nelson; President of the University of Oregon and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Arthur Larson of Duke University; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Dr. Russel V. Lee; and Chairman of the Board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., Winslow Carlton. Also listed in the President’s schedule are Dr. Howard L. Bost; Professor Henry Foster; and Executive Assistant to Senator Javits, Allen Lesser. The committee presented the President with a report on a national program for financing the health care of senior citizens.

President John F. Kennedy (center right, facing away) meets with members of the bipartisan National Committee on Health Care of the Aged in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Russell A. Nelson; President of the University of Oregon and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); President Kennedy; Arthur Larson of Duke University; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Dr. Russel V. Lee; and Chairman of the Board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., Winslow Carlton. Also listed in the President’s schedule are: Dr. Howard L. Bost; Professor Henry Foster; and Executive Assistant to Senator Javits, Allen Lesser. The committee presented the President with a report on a national program for financing the health care of senior citizens.

President John F. Kennedy (center right) meets with members of the bipartisan National Committee on Health Care of the Aged in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Russell A. Nelson; President of the University of Oregon and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Arthur Larson of Duke University; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Dr. Russel V. Lee; and Chairman of the Board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., Winslow Carlton. Also listed in the President’s schedule are: Dr. Howard L. Bost; Professor Henry Foster; and Executive Assistant to Senator Javits, Allen Lesser. The committee presented the President with a report on a national program for financing the health care of senior citizens.

President John F. Kennedy (center right) meets with members of the bipartisan National Committee on Health Care of the Aged in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Russell A. Nelson; President of the University of Oregon and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Arthur Larson of Duke University; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Dr. Russel V. Lee; and Chairman of the Board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., Winslow Carlton. Also listed in the President’s schedule are: Dr. Howard L. Bost; Professor Henry Foster; and Executive Assistant to Senator Javits, Allen Lesser. The committee presented the President with a report on a national program for financing the health care of senior citizens.

President John F. Kennedy signs the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Looking on (L-R): Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) hands a pen to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon signing the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Director of the Psychiatry Department at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Reginald S. Lourie; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative George M. Rhodes of Pennsylvania; Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, Daniel Moynihan; Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (face obscured); Senator George A. Smathers of Florida; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas (behind); Senator Mansfield; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota; President Kennedy; unidentified; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); unidentified; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (behind); unidentified; Director of Special Education at the Teachers College at Columbia University, Dr. Frances Partridge Connor (partially hidden); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; unidentified (at far right edge of frame). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy signs the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Director of the Psychiatry Department at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Reginald S. Lourie; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey (partially hidden, in back); Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida (behind); Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative George M. Rhodes of Pennsylvania; Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island (in back); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony J. Celebrezze (in shadow); unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy signs the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Looking on are Senator George A. Smathers (left) and Representative Paul G. Rogers (right), both of Florida. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Representatives from the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER) present President John F. Kennedy with an award (on desk) for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. President Kennedy places next to the award a bronze figurine of Herakles purchased during his 1963 trip to Italy. Left to right: past president of AAHPER, Anita Aldrich; President Kennedy; President-Elect of AAHPER, Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of AAHPER, Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy," and MO 63.6105, "Herakles Figurine"]

President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. AAHPER representatives standing right of President Kennedy include (L-R): President Ben W. Miller; President-Elect Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]

President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]

President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. AAHPER representatives standing right of President Kennedy include (L-R): President Ben W. Miller; President-Elect Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]

President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963; an unidentified stenographer sits at left. Standing: Representative John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island); Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (partially hidden); Representative Claude Pepper (Florida); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller; Senator Ralph Yarborough (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Harrison A. Williams (New Jersey); Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (partially hidden); Representative Seymour Halpern (New York); Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida (mostly hidden); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963. Standing: Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Representative Claude Pepper (Florida); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Ralph Yarborough (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Harrison A. Williams (New Jersey); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative Seymour Halpern (New York); Representative Paul G. Rogers (Florida); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Special Assistant to the Secretary of HEW for Health and Medical Affairs, Boisfeuillet Jones (mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Luther L. Terry (partially hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama) after signing the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963. Also pictured: Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Secretary of HEW, Anthony J. Celebrezze; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Paul G. Rogers (Florida); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); Representative William L. Springer (Illinois); Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Luther L. Terry. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Representative to the United Nations (UN), Adlai Stevenson (on speakers' platform), delivers remarks to delegates of the Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship; President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) stands in foreground on the South Lawn driveway. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan. The Washington Monument is visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy walks with U.S. Representative to the United Nations (UN), Adlai Stevenson, prior to a visit with delegates of the Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Ken Giannoules; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover. The Executive Office Building is visible in the background. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemish on right side of image is original to negative.]

President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates of the Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship. The Executive Office Building is visible in the background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemish on right side of image is original to negative.]

President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) visits with delegates of the Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship; White House Secret Service agent, Dennis R. Halterman, stands at far right. The Washington Monument is visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemish on right side of image is original to negative.]

President John F. Kennedy (on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to delegates of the Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship. White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Dennis R. Halterman, stand on the South Lawn driveway at right. The Executive Office Building is visible in the background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.